Oiler or oil-can.



No. 759,976- PATENTED MAY 17. 1904.

H. M. EDWARDS & A. G. RANTSCH.

Y OILER 0R OIL CAN.

APPLIUATION FILED DEC. 24. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented May 1'7, 1904.

PATENT Orrin HARRY M. EDWARDS AND ALFRED O. RANTSCH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,ASSIGNORS TO WILLIAM VOGEL & BROTHERS, OF BROOKLYN, NElV YORK, A FIRM.

OILER OR OIL-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,976, dated May 17,1904.

Application filed December 24, 1903. Serial No. 186,450. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY M. EDWARDS and ALFRED O. RANTSCII,Ci1JiZ6DSof the United States, residing at the borough of Brooklyn,

city and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Oilers or Oil-Cans, of which the following is aspeciiication.

This invention relates to oil-cans; and the [0 objects of the same aremainly as follows: to provide improved means for connecting the spoutwith the body of the can in such way as to overcome the objections nowincident to the use of a screw connection, to provide simple means forreadily applying the spent to the body of the can and for facilitatingthe separation of the spout from the can-body, and, furthermore, toprovide a simple, economical, and durable means for connectingthe 2ospout with the can-body.

With these ends mainly in view our invention consists of certain detailsof construction and combinations of parts to behereinafter describedwith reference to the accompanying drawings, showing a suitable form ofour invention, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of an oil-canembodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central sectionthrough the same, part 0 of the spout and part of the body being brokenaway so that the other parts may be produced on a larger scale. Fig. 3is a side elevation of the spout and its base or cap and in which a partof the spout is broken away.

5 Fig. 4. is a view looking toward the inner end or side of the baseor'eap; and Fig. 5 is a sectionshowingamodiiication,parts beingdotted.

Referring to the drawings, excepting Fig. 5, the oiler or oil-cancomprises a can-body a of any suitable shape, provided with the usualspring-bottom a and a spout b, which may also be of any suitable shape.The inner end of the spout is provided with a base or cap 0, de-

sirably of sheet metal, the said cap being pref- 4 5 erably applied overthe inner end of the spent at a suitable distance therefrom and solderedThe outer periphery of the cap cis thereto.

preferably provided with an annular flange (Z, the edge 03' of saidflange being turned or spun over a washer of gasket 0, confined in thehollow or cavity formed by the flange. When the spout is in position,this washer or gasket seals the joint to preclude outlet of oil exceptthrough the spout. A frusto-conical member f tapers downwardly from theinner side of the top of the cap 0 and at its lower contracted end issoldered or seamed to the lower end of the spout. Soldered or otherwisesecuredin the cap 0 is a metallic ring 9, which is formed with a neck/t, that is concentric with the spout and which is slitted or splittransversely, preferably at diametrically opposite points lb, to providespring jaws or members, the edges of which are each provided with anoutward bulge or bead a". The top opening of the can-body is surroundedby a downturned annular flange 7', which is connected with thesurrounding stock of the can-body by means of an annular bead or ridge7", which seats against the elastic gasket or washer of the spout whenthe latter is in position. height of the downturned flange j ofthecanbody is less than the height of the neck /a for the purpose ofsecuring the best effects. The diameter of the beaded or enlargedportion of the neck /a is somewhat greater than the diameter of theannular flange jof the can-body, so that force is required to push theneck into the flange to secure the spout firmly to the can-body. Whenthe spout is pushed home, it is held friction-tight to the can-body andrequires some force to remove it. When the spout is in position, thebeads on the neck it snap under the lower edge of the annular flange j,and thus contribute to the hold of the spout on the can-body, which ismainly secured by the springy nature of the sections or members of theneck. The removal of the spout requires some little force,and the spoutThe i and spout in evid ont manner and is desirable for the reason thatthe separation of the spout from the can-body requires some force andthe strain might break the connection between the spout and the cap ifthere were only one point of connection.

The described oiler or oil-can is specially desirable for use onmowing-machines or traction-engines and such engines in whichconsiderable jar takes place, as ithas been found in practice that ifthe spout is connected to the can-body by a screw-joint the jarring ofthe machinery very frequently loosens the spout from the can-body.

It is evidentthat the parts may be reversed that is to say, the frictionmember or springjaws may be located on the can-body. In Fig. 5 such amodification is shown, the same letters as before, with the addition ofa superior number 2, applying to like parts.

The can-body a has a bead f which is formed with a preferably downturnedinner flange j provided with slits, such as f, to produce spring jaws ormembers. The cap 0 is formed in one piece with the spout or may besoldered to it. Within the cap is the washer e -Suitably retained in orby the cap is a neck is, having a bottom bead k, adapted to snap underthe edge of the spring-flange 7' The neck is provided at its upper endwith an outturned flange l, which is retained between the washer 0 andthe cap-top. In the forms of the invention, as shown, the frictionalparts are preferably tapered to secure a good surface-contact, theengagement of the bed i on neck A of one form of the invention with theinner edge of the flange j and the engagement of the corresponding partsin the other form acting to secure a firm connection. It is evident thatthe flanges on the can-bod y may be upturned instead of downturned, inwhich case the beads on the spout members would engage with the shoulderformed at the juncture of the flange with the can-body. Also the saidflanges may be made separate from and suitably secured to the can-body.

Having thus described our invention and without limiting ourselves todetails of construction, what we claim as new therein, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an oiler, the combination of a canbody provided with an annularflange, a spout, a cap on the spout and an annular friction memberprovided with a bead adapted to snap under the edge of said flange,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In an oiler, the combination of a canbody provided with an annularflange, a spout and an annular friction member provided with a head.said friction member being readily applied to or removed from theannular flange and said bead being adapted to snap under the saidflange, the flange being wholly located above the head when said partsare combined, substantially as shown and described.

3. In an oiler, the combination of a canbody provided With a taperedannular flange, a spout, a cap on the spout, and an annular frictionmember tapered substantially like said flange and provided with a beadadapted to snap under the edge of said flange, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

4L. In an oiler, the combination of a canbody provided with a taperedannular flange, a spout and a tapered annular friction member providedwith a head, said tapered friction member being readily applied to orremoved from the tapered annular flange and said head being adapted tosnap under the said flange, the flange being wholly located above thebead when said parts are combined, substantially as described.

5. In an oiler, the combination of a canbody provided with an annularflange, a spout, a cap on the spout, an annular friction member providedwith a bead adapted to snap under the edge of said flange, and packingmeans between a portion of the spout and the canbody, substantially asset forth.

6. In an oiler, the combination of a canbody provided with an annularflange, a spout and an annular friction member provided with a bead,said friction member being readily applied to or removed from theannular flange and said bead being adapted to snap under the saidflange, the flange being wholly located above the bead when said partsare combined, and packing means between a portion of the spout and thecan-body, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof We have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY M. EDWARDS. ALFRED (l. RANTSCH. Witnesses:

O. (J. PATTERSON, LOUIS (J. HAACSTECK.

